09:04:54 Cittadella, where I changed trains en route from Bassano to Vicenza. | 09:51:55 On arrival in Vicenza. | 10:13:26 My hotel room at the Albergo Due Mori, where I was able to check in ridiculously early, and the place had a pleasantly unmodernised antique feel to it. | 10:13:38 No TV in the room! I did make use of the writing desk there though. |
10:15:07 Nice big wardrobe. | 10:21:06 My vintage style suitcase looked rather at home here. | 11:49:54 After dropping off my shirts at a dry cleaners, for the remainder of my laundry requirements I came to this self service place. It took me quite a while to figure out how to actually use the machines. | 12:11:12 Outside the laundry. |
12:49:09 Some porcini in the window of a greengrocers. | 12:51:20 Now that my laundry had all been attended to (save for going back in the early evening to pick up my shirts) I finally felt ready to start having a bit of a wander around Vicenza and taking in some of the sights. | 12:52:16 | 12:52:31 Rather nice little lake at the corner of this park. Nice weather for ducks. |
13:12:37 My lunch, at the very rustic Ponte delle Bele restaurant, which had a sort of Alpine log cabin feel to it. For the first course I had the tagliatelle with porcini. | 13:24:49 Then for the second course, fried eggs with black truffle. | 13:37:20 Outside the Ponte delle Bele. | 14:58:58 En route to see the Teatro Olimpico. |
15:14:53 At Palladio's Teatro Olimpico now. | 15:15:12 | 15:15:17 | 15:17:03 |
15:17:21 | 15:29:23 The Palladian Basilico, not looking at its best with the miserable grey skies here. | 15:29:29 | 15:29:40 |
15:38:16 Pasticceria Soraru. I'd wanted to visit here, but it was closed all day. | 15:49:00 Nice "Birra Moretti" sign. | 15:54:41 | 18:06:51 After some research on the web, found this aperitivo - a "Ticket" at Pullmanbar - had won a competition last year. Didn't really work for me but am pleased to see this kind of experimentation nonetheless. |
18:15:31 The sign of Pullmanbar - alas it evokes the golden age of travel in name only, and the interior was very modern in style. | 18:48:00 Palladio's Basilica, looking a bit better now. | 18:49:25 I really liked the illuminaton of the brickwork of the vaults. | 19:02:07 My immaculately laundered shirts. |
19:06:45 Very pleased with that. | 19:44:02 Back to the basilica again (it was very close to my hotel). | 20:02:37 Dinner at Antica Casa delle Malvasia. My first course, gnocchi with burrata. | 20:14:21 My second course, grilled tosella cheese with mushrooms. A bit too much cheese, even for me! But I liked the fact there was actually a secondi piatti I could order for once. |
20:36:30 Outside Antica Casa delle Malvasia. | 20:41:33 Wanted to try Il Grottino, but alas it was closed. |